As the constitutional deadline for electing Kosovo’s president nears expiry, the political clash has shifted to the order of voting in the Assembly. Bedri Hamza has reiterated the PDK’s position: unless the draft law amending the Law on the Specialist Chambers is passed first, his party does not see discussion of the head of state as the next step.
PDK keeps the same condition
Ahead of the joint meeting of the PDK Presidency and Parliamentary Group, Hamza said the draft law amending the Law on the Specialist Chambers must first be voted on in second reading, and only then should the issue of the president be opened.
This is not a new PDK position. Hamza has previously repeated that the party is ready to discuss the election of the president only after the parliamentary procedure for this draft law is concluded.
Pressure on Kurti to call the session
Hamza called on Prime Minister Albin Kurti to convene the Assembly session so that the draft law can first be put to a vote and the issue of the president addressed afterward.
According to the version made public by the PDK, the ordering of these two items remains the core of the political disagreement between Hamza and Kurti.
The constitutional deadline raises the stakes of the clash
The clash comes precisely on the day the constitutional deadline expires for electing Kosovo’s president, turning the procedural debate into a knot with direct political consequences.
If the president is not elected within the deadline, the Assembly risks dissolution and the country could head to early elections. That makes the political maneuvering around the order of voting even more sensitive.
Institutions face a decision
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kurti is at the Civil Society Forum within the framework of the Berlin Process, while decision-making on the session and its agenda remains unclear.
At this point, everything depends on whether the institutions will convene the session and whether the sides will reach a minimum agreement on procedure. Otherwise, the crisis could move from a parliamentary deadlock to another electoral test for Kosovo.
The debate is no longer only about the name of the president, but about control of the parliamentary agenda at a moment when every hour carries political weight.
The PDK’s stance puts the majority and the institutions before a direct test: whether they will unblock the process, or push the country toward another electoral confrontation.